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We would like to draw to your attention this new partnership, which was launched to a gathering of the Bishops of England and Wales and their Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Coordinators and members of the organisations themselves at the recent ...Read more

by Barbara Kentish  'Decernimus' or 'we so decree', said Pope Francis, concluding the surprisingly simple ritual which added Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI and five others to the canon of the saints of the Catholic Church on 14th October. ...Read more

By Fr Lawrence Lew OP London is home to Catholics from all over the world. The diverse cultural expressions of our Catholic faith that the various ethnic communities bring with them to this city enriches our diocese by giving us a vivid sense o...Read more

By Martha Behan I am no stranger to dating apps. I am single, 24, and I live in London, very much the target audience. I am also a Catholic who has only ever used secular dating apps. So when my friend and sometime colleague asked me to review ...Read more

By Fr Mark Vickers It was my first time on Liverpool's impressive waterfront. We had definitely left summer behind in London; it was a blustery, autumnal day by the Mersey. Yet immediately it felt like home. So many familiar faces, fellow cle...Read more

By Fr Mark Vickers Congress Day: Saturday, 8 September In the second of three parts, Fr Mark Vickers reviews the events of the Congress, which took place on the second day, pointing out the many riches explored in the keynote addresses, test...Read more

by Cardinal Vincent Nichols My memories of sunshine in August may now have faded, but the sense of shock and shame that marked that month have not. In many ways it has been the most disturbing of times in the life of the Church for 50 years. Th...Read more

Staff, students and friends from Allen Hall Seminary and St Edmund's College travelled to Douai, France, on Saturday 29th September to mark the 450th anniversary of the founding of the English College by Cardinal William Allen in 1568. Archbis...Read more

by Bishop John Sherrington The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the World Methodist Council and the Roman Catholic Church met in Hong Kong from 12 to 19 October, hosted by the World Methodist Council with support ...Read more

A packed audience gathered at Notre Dame University in London on 18 October to hear Baroness Nuala O'Loan, a crossbench peer and first Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, deliver the annual Catholic Union Craigmyle Lecture. Baroness O'Loa...Read more

by Fr Richard Andrew On Friday 12th October Holy Trinity Church Brook Green was the venue for an inspirational concert, 'A Candle of Hope', directed and organised by parishioner Laurence Carroll. He pulled together five local choirs, including ...Read more

by Fr David Stewart SJ In early October, Pope Francis gave the Church an urgent new mission encouraging the faithful to pray every day the Holy Rosary with the intention that the Virgin Mary help the Church in these times of crisis, and to pray...Read more

by Fr Stephen Willis Despite all that Storm Callum could throw at us some 200 pilgrims gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden on Sunday 14 After gathering in the Shrine Church the procession formed up as we sang the Litany ...Read more

by Mary Crowley 'The Lord calls me his friend! Wow!' This was the reaction of one of the 61 catechists of the parishes of the West of the diocese who gathered with Bishop John Wilson at the parish of the Sacred Heart, Ruislip on 6 Bishop...Read more